30 March
I joined an organized trip to Chiang Dao, 80 km north of Chiang Mai. This tour included a visit in a orchid farm, a cave temple in Chiang Dao and a visits to five hill tribes. Once again I saw the long neck Karen and visit a village with white Karen, Lisu and Akha hill tribes lives close together. Finally there was a visit in a Lahu and a Palong village.

Sharon
Day #1:
6:30 am My alarm clock just went off. It is time to get ready to go on our trek. Yesterday we signed up for a three day, two night trek in the jungle of northern Thailand. I am really looking forward to it. We have to be all ready to go at 8 am so that is why we are getting up so early. Getting up early is never what I like to do but I am going to make an exception for this.
11 am We have been driving for a while now. All eleven of us are packed into the back of a truck, with our belongings for three days stuffed into a...

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